Pictures: Matthew Dicks

Matthew Dicks, an elementary school teacher and novelist keeps his 3 month-old Charlie sleeping rocking him with his foot while writing at the kitchen table in September 2012.

Matthew Dicks, an elementary school teacher and novelist keeps his 3 month-old Charlie sleeping rocking him with his foot while writing at the kitchen table in September 2012. (MICHAEL McANDREWS, Hartford Courant)